Combat: Blade, area-of-effect placement against the Nest Mother

About this game

Developer: Firaxis Games · Publisher: 2K · Platform: PC (Steam) · Art style: Realistic 3D · Screen type: Battle / Tactics

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What to study

The outdoor boss fight: a huge red blast radius is being placed over rocky wasteland ground, with the affected rock hatched to show exactly what the area covers, and the boss's health bar (252/408) sits above the fray. The enlarged Glaive+ heroic card explains the Bleed payoff, a gold-and-purple Hero Combo card sits in the hand, and the resources readout adds a Discard row not seen in the indoor missions. Frame at about 0:06 in the Accolades trailer (Steam). Flaw: Blade's portrait is cropped at the frame's left edge.

Patterns

How the screen is arranged.

card-hand battle-controls quest-tracker health-bars

Components

Parts on screen.

Card Quest tracker Vitals bar Portrait

Screen inventory

• objectives panel (Defeat Nest Mother)
• large red AoE blast radius with hatched affected ground
• enlarged Glaive+ heroic card
• Hero Combo card (gold/purple split)
• Discard row in the resources readout
• Heroism dial at 5
• outdoor wasteland map

Top 3 colors

#60552a 24%#52441e 23%#312f16 19%

Top three palette colors by share. The remaining colors make up the rest.

Source and credit

© Firaxis Games / 2K, Marvel's Midnight Suns screenshot: Card Gameplay trailer and Accolades trailer (Steam), shown for design study and commentary. PlayCraft is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by 2K.

Source tier 2 (publisher-released) · screenshot: Steam store page · Steam page

Source details

Fetched 2026-11-06. verified 2026-11-06: frame extracted from the official Accolades trailer (Steam) and inspected visually; real game UI (combat HUD, AoE placement) confirmed visible

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